Two Kims, Two Sets of Great Advice

Kim the First: The prolific Kim Wilkins offers six excellent tips over at Ian Irvine’s website — especially handy for new novelists, but as Ian points out they are worth revisiting whether you’ve written two or twenty books… Kim the Second: And this afternoon on her website, Kim Falconer encouraged new writers to go for…… Continue reading Two Kims, Two Sets of Great Advice

Tuesday Therapy: Banishing Obsessive Demons

For the third installment of the Tuesday Therapy series, Kirstyn McDermott shares some advice that makes me think she’s worked out some magical way to SEE INSIDE MY HEAD. Seriously. (*knocks on forehead* Kirstyn? Are you in there?) I wouldn’t put it past her — the way she multi-tasks, it would come as no surprise…… Continue reading Tuesday Therapy: Banishing Obsessive Demons

Magic 4 Terri Windling auction

Russell B. Farr has offered a limited edition of Bluegrass Symphony (stories by me, intro by Ann VanderMeer) to the Magic4Terri auction. Please go here to bid: http://magick4terri.livejournal.com/94795.html What’s the cause? Beloved editor, artist and writer Terri Windling is in need, and we are asking for your help in a fundraising auction to assist her.…… Continue reading Magic 4 Terri Windling auction

As the Weird Turns

Angela Slatter’s editorial is up at the WeirdFictionReview site, and it’s full of awesome recommendations for weird summer reading. Here’s a little snippet to whet your appetites: When I was a kid (yes,Virginia, dinosaurs walked the earth then), I read Saki’s “Sredni Vashtar” and have regarded garden sheds with an acute suspicion ever since. M R James was responsible…… Continue reading As the Weird Turns

Tuesday Therapy: Write for Yourself

This week’s Tuesday Therapy session comes to you via Karen Miller, prolific storyteller extraordinaire. By now, most of you probably already know and love Karen’s work — whether it’s her epic fantasies or her Star Wars  and Stargate novels. With fifteen books published since 2005 — that’s right, I said fifteen books in roughly five…… Continue reading Tuesday Therapy: Write for Yourself

Also, Cheeky Frawg Books!

Cheeky Frawg Books has launched a new website. Does it sell Cheeky Frawg ebooks? Yes! But very…cheekily. It’s an interactive and mysterious experience you truly won’t want to miss, in a 180-degree scrollable environment. Free content, hidden treasures, singing fish, the animated Myster Odd video, and, of course, the full catalogue of Cheeky Frawg ebooks,…… Continue reading Also, Cheeky Frawg Books!

Five star review for Bluegrass Symphony!

The wonderful Mary Victoria (author of Oracle’s Fire, Samiha’s Song, and Tymon’s Flight) has read and reviewed Bluegrass Symphony — and gave it five stars! This book tickled me in so many ways. It’s imaginative, well-written, fearless. Yes, fearless – this is a book which doesn’t give a hillbilly rat’s tail dipped in bourbon whether…… Continue reading Five star review for Bluegrass Symphony!

Tuesday Therapy: Eating Elephants

So I’ve decided to start a new weekly segment on this website, called ‘Tuesday Therapy’. Basically, I’ve been thinking that Tuesday lacks an identity: in the whole scheme of the week, it kinda falls through the cracks. It’s not abhorrent, like Monday; it isn’t a promising hump, like Wednesday; and few of us celebrate its…… Continue reading Tuesday Therapy: Eating Elephants